Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James returns to Cleveland Wednesday night to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers, a organization he's played 11 seasons for.
James, who was born and raised in Akron, Ohio, began his legendary NBA career with the Cavs after the organization took him with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft. The King spent the first seven years of his career with the Cavs before he took his talents to South Beach and signed with the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010.
LeBron James' move to the Heat not only made him a villain in Cleveland, but he was hated pretty much everywhere except for Miami. Cavs fans burned his jersey and owner Dan Gilbert wrote a distasteful letter bashing LeBron for leaving Cleveland.
James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh spent four seasons together with the Heat, making it to four-straight NBA Finals. The trio went 2-2 in those four Finals.
LeBron then won back a lot of his popularity by returning to the Cavs in 2014. He then delivered a championship to Cleveland in 2016 when the Cavs defeated the Golden State Warriors in seven epic games.
The first time LeBron went back to Cleveland as a member of the Heat, he was booed every time he touched the ball and called a coward. The reaction this time around should be a lot better since James won a title for the Cavs. The four-time MVP says he had a lot of good and bad times in Cleveland, via Joe Vardon of The Athletic:
“I’m returning to a place where I’ve spent 11 years of my career,” James said. “I had some great moments, had some not so great moments, but, all in all, when you give everything to whatever, the franchise, a teammate, a coaching staff, anything, that’s all that matters.”
LeBron James should get a standing ovation when he's introduced in the starting lineups. Anything less would be a bad look on Cavs fans.
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